Suzanne Griffin

Now you are caught up to where the ladies and I are, at least until we meet tomorrow for week 4. This is the week of getting into the "mud" so to speak with the scriptures and the comparisons between the pig and the foolish woman. _____________________________________________________________ Beauty and the Pig Week 3 Gold in the Bible Now that we know what the Bible says about pigs, lets learn more about gold. How is gold used in the bible? What kinds of items were made of gold? Using your concordance again, study the words gold and golden. There are many, many references to gold in the Bible. You won’t be able need to study every verse in order to see many of the uses of gold. We’re simply trying to get a general idea of how gold was used in Bible times. Skim through the concordance’s brief excerpts for each verse. Many of these will be enough to tell you how the gold is being used. List all your observations. Review your observations and summarize what you have found. What ...

Beauty and the Pig Week 2 “As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.” Proverbs 11:22 What does the Bible say about pigs? How are gold rings like beautiful women, and how are gold rings in pigs’ snouts like beautiful women without discretion? To better understand the meaning of Proverbs 11:22, we need to do some more studying. You will need a concordance for this type of study. If you have an exhaustive concordance, such as Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance, you will be using it throughout the book of studies. Or you may go online to http://www.eliyah.com/lexicon.html . If you have a concordance in the back of your Bible, it may list some of the verses we are seeking, but may not list them all. Pigs in the Bible Use your concordance to look up the word swine. Under the word swine, you will see a listing that looks like the one below. Lev 11:7 the s, though he divide the hoof 2386 Matt ...

Our homeschool group is in their 1st year of the Co-op. I think I heard there were 70? students participating just this 1st year. The kids are all enjoying it. I am teaching a girls bible study for ages 8-13. There are 14 young ladies in the class and I'm just falling in love with these gals. The study we are doing is called Beauty and the Pig. We are studying on what does God find beautiful and at the same time learning how to study the bible. So far we are on week 3 and still on one verse. I hope they are not getting too bored, I think as long as I keep bringing goodies each time that will help:) This is a very timely study for me. I have looked at the ladies in my life and see such wonderful characteristics and a love for the Lord about them. Honestly, I'm humbled just being in their company. I'm truly the blessed one. I pray that as these young ladies go through this study that they will not only seek to put on the beautiful traits, but will also be able t...

I Peter 3:14-17 Lord sustain me so that my life and words will never be about me, but only for your glory.

Brian: Mom, what does making magic in the moonlight mean? Me: What? Use it in a sentence. Brian: I want to kiss a girl. I want to hold her tight. I wanna make a little magic in the moonlight. Me: It means you probably won't be going back to work with daddy for a while. See Here.

September 18th was the start of Rosh Hashana . I posted earlier about the spiritual battle we are in. Today as I sat talking with a wise godly women who always just helps me rise to the next level of the spiritual thinking, I realized that while we are celebrating and studying this Jewish Holiday, satan had gotten me off track Thursday night. The night before the Jewish New Year. The 1st day of the 10 High Holy Days. My heart was frozen in time in the temporal with man versus preparing for remembering and "soakin' in" the Lord. Am I a Jew? Not by birth. But I am adopted into a Jewish family so it seems to make sense to know of HIS heritage. "May you be inscribed in The Book of Life" was a common greeting during this event. So for these 10 days we will be incorporating it into our lives and school. Today for vocabulary: inscribed, Book of Life, Shofar, Rosh Hashana Geography: Isreal Art: Made The Book of Life Spelling: Wrote names in the book of life. History: R...

This was in my inbox this morning for Command 25, Day 174 with the devotions from IBLS . It just reminded me again of God's perfect timing. We are in a time that there is a spiritual battle front and present. I pray that we all protect ourselves and not let our tongues be used to do satan's work. Protect yourself against being an open vessel. We know that in the end times family and close friends and the "church" being the entire body of believers will fall into pharisee like characteristics . Satan wants to divide and conquer, but we have a power bigger than that available to us. Stay in the word, stay in Christ, fight the good fight. Feel the burning in your muscles as you push through to that finish line. The closer we get to the end times, we will see good people fall and mislead and become false teachers. This is the time to know the scriptures, to know Jesus. So that you can separate the truth. This is the time when the emptiness of the non-believers will be s...

As I was studying this week I read Proverbs 20:1 and it just stood out to me. How you do view this verse? About social drinking? Occasional drinking? Here is an article that is pretty much no holds bar on a pastor's thoughts on home school and the health care proposal. We started school Tuesday and are still in the adjusting phase. Or...is it that you never leave that phase? Here is my response as to why we choose to home school. And finally here is a devotional that seems very fitting for today for many of us as Christians, as women and as God fearing citizens. May you all have a blessed day.

I posted on Monday about Peter sending out a "Popcorn Prayer" to Jesus as he was started to walk on the water. I found several things interesting about this short interaction. 1st while Peter kept his focus on Jesus, he was walking on water. Then as he turned his focus to the huge rolling waves around him, he started to sink. 2nd, Jesus was standing right there, he could see that Peter was sinking, but didn't reach out to save him until Peter cried out for help. 3rd, as Jesus saved Peter he accused him of having little faith. And here was a boat full of men and Peter was the only one brave enough to even get out. So I can't imagine what Christ thought of the rest of the guys. I couldn't help but think of my own life. How many times have I told my Lord to lead and I will follow and then when the storms arise I start drowning in my fears that I physically see around me. I know the one to call on and I strive to keep my focus on him, but I'm sure that my...